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Table of Content
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Chapter 2: Environmental Context: Globalization, Diversity, and Ethics
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Chapter 3: Organizational Context: Design and Culture
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Chapter 4: Organizational Context: Reward Systems
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Chapter 5: Personality, Perception, and Employee Attitudes
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Chapter 6: Motivational Needs, Processes, and Applications
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Chapter 7: Positive Organizational Behavior and Psychological Capital
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Chapter 8: Communication and Decision Making
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Chapter 9: Stress and Conflict
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Chapter 10: Power and Politics
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Chapter 11: Groups and Teams
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Chapter 12: Behavioral Performance Management
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Chapter 13: Effective Leadership Processes
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Chapter 14: Great Leaders: An Evidenced-Based Approach
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Introduction to Organizational Behavior:An Evidence-BasedApproach
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True / False Questions
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1. The major challenge and critical competitive advantage for any organization is the human
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resource of that company.
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True False
2. Casey, a relationship manager in a bank creates value for her organization through her
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networks, connections, and friends. These values can be referred to as "positive psychological
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capital."
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True False
3. Roger, a sales manager for Heust Pvt. Ltd., is impressed with his new sales executive, Tim.
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According to Roger, Tim is optimistic, can perform well under pressure, and is very confident
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about what he does. These qualities can be referred to as "positive psychological capital."
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True False
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4. The problems with human organizations and the solutions over the ages have undergone
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drastic changes compared to their emphasis and surrounding environmental context.
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True False
5. A paradigm establishes only written rules.
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6. ‘Paradigm shift' refers to the situation in which those in the existing paradigm may not even
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see the changes that are occurring, and therefore, cannot analyze the changes.
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True False
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7. Reasons for considerable resistance to change and difficulty to move from the old
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management paradigm to the new can be explained by the "paradigm effect."
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8. The fact that today's managers are competent in their functional specialization is sufficient
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to reiterate that most of them paid close attention to the conceptual and human dimensions of
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their jobs.
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9. According to Theory X, if employees were kept happy, they would become high
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performers.
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10. Theory X is the natural choice for most organizations in today's environment.
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True False
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11. Most of the practicing managers and their organizations cultures believe, fully implement,
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and consistently adhere to a full-fledged HPWPs approach to management.
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12. The movement to not only recognize, but also do something about the "Knowing-Doing
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Gap" is the movement towards evidence-based management.
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13. Most of the "new management practices" are essentially a readapted version of existing
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"old management truths."
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